Esen blinked, then laughed, too loud at first and then honest. "Point taken."
Kori plucked the pin from the dummy and returned the badge to his palm - casual, inevitable. "Wear it lower if you plan to gesture at people. I like your face attached to your head."
She didn't dwell on it. She was already moving, and the room remembered how to breathe again.
"Next," she called. "Spar hall. Try to keep up. If you get lost, follow the trail of chaos."
Feris fell into step with Raizen, eyes bright like she'd just learned something she planned to store for later. "She's fast."
"She is," Raizen said.
"Faster than you?"
"I don't know yet, but someday I will be able to respond to that question with 'Nah, no way.'"
Feris hummed, satisfied with the kind of answer that left the future wide open.
